Patricia B. Cote, 82; taught history in the Natick schools Jul 18, 2008
She specialized in Advanced Placement European history and also served as a superviser of teacher training at Framingham State College. "She taught me to love history, how to bake a scone, and to appreciate the joy of a beautiful garden," said former student Janet Doherty Magennis of Bellevue, Wash. (Boston Globe)
Obituary: Patricia B. Cote Jul 16, 2008
Dr. Cote later entered the field of education and prior to her retirement taught history, with a specialty in advanced placement in European history, to hundreds of students at Natick s middle school and high school for 29 years. She was a trustee of Thousand Pines Condominium Complex in Ashland, where she headed the Landscaping Committee, and was voted outstanding condo owner of New England in 2005. (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
Bucknell Places 246 Student-Athletes on University's 2008 Spring Semester Dean's List and 239 on Patriot League Academic Honor Roll Jul 16, 2008
Sr., men's lacrosse, European history (Salisbury School). Chicago. (Bucknellbison.com)
Europe's Youngest Billionaires Jul 16, 2008
The initial offering was the biggest real estate share issued in European history, and it helped propel Pisarev and Zhukov to vast riches overnight. Another high-profile Russian who made his money in real estate development is Dmitry Zelenov, 36, whose Don-Stroy company built Moscow's 833-foot-tall Triumph Palace apartment tower, the tallest residential building in Europe until last year. (Forbes -- Business)
A Final Puzzle Jul 5, 2008
She created her fantasy worlds based on careful research of American and European history, anthropology and cultural history. The "Witch World" series, which encompassed more than 30 novels, details life on an imaginary planet reachable only through hidden gateways. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Coronella: Why Europe doesnt get patriotism Jul 5, 2008
You can look at any period of European history medieval to modern to see how nationalist movements have blighted the continent in the past. What I m referring to is the kind of plain, public-spirited pride that goes on display every year in the U.S. on July 4th. (Medford Transcript, MA)
Joe Queenan on Abba's Waterloo Jul 2, 2008
The band that released Waterloo in 1974 - the band that reached far back into European history to reinvestigate the tragic failures of the French Revolution - was very different from the band that recorded such phoned-in twaddle as SOS and Mamma Mia just a few months later ... This is perhaps because Ulvaeus had started out in a skiffle group called the Hootenanny Singers, and Swedish folkies know European history inside out. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Honors: July 3 Jul 2, 2008
Katharine A. Harmsworth-Morrissey graduated with a BA in European history and Francophone cultural studies. A dean s list student, she participated in the 2007 and 2008 Mount David Summits, annual celebrations of student achievement. (Brookline TAB, MA)
* EU elites must establish a new public opinion Jul 1, 2008
Although nobody can be certain, the most probable end to this inglorious chapter in European history will be another helping of fudge, slapped over an even less adequate agreement ... The moral of the past 60 years of European history is that bold steps by a few eventually win over the timorous many. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Liverpools Alonso says victory rivals 2005 Jul 1, 2008
The penalty was saved, but Alonso fired the rebound into the roof of the net to make it 3-3 and complete one of the greatest fight-backs in European history and Alonso said he enjoyed the taste of European success again. AFP. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
A paradise of treasures and conversations beckons customers at flea market Jun 28, 2008
The flea market reportedly stems back to European history, where secondhand furniture, antiques and crafts were sold. The French nicknamed the idea, le marche aux puces, or the flea market, according to www. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Historic Luxury Rental Villas Jun 27, 2008
Best of all, European history comes alive at a selection of luxury rental villas that date back as far as the 13th century. Recommended best Wimco historic luxury rental villas in Europe. (Suite101.com)
* EU quandary is a net loss for the world as a whole Jun 27, 2008
June 12, 2008, will have to be remembered as the day that made European history. No matter what desperate rescue efforts will be undertaken, they cannot hide the fact that the EU has left the world stage as a serious foreign policy player for at least 10 years (if not for much longer). (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Was the Revolution Conservative? Jun 26, 2008
Historians, Boorstin claims, have over stressed the importance of the Enlightenment in America in an effort to place the Revolution in the main current of European history. The second reason, which stems from the first, is the French Revolution has been made the model by which all other revolutions follow. (Suite101.com)
Hotbed of talent Jun 24, 2008
Serbia was at the heart of one of the most brutal periods in European history. But the rights and wrongs of the war have nothing to do with the young trio with a talent for tennis. (BBC News -- Europe)
Committee approves trips to Honduras, Italy Jun 20, 2008
While some students will help the less fortunate, some will be able to expand their knowledge of European history. During April vacation, Nancy Irons, RMHS foreign language teacher, and Fred Harrison, retired RMHS teacher, will take students to Italy, visiting Venice Florence and Rome to see world-renowned sites such as Piazza San Marco in Venice, the Duomo in Florence and the Colosseum in Rome. (Reading Advocate, MA)
Pope Gregory VII Jun 20, 2008
Indeed, the Christian Church was ultimate authority during the Middle Ages, keeping order and learning alive during an otherwise chaotic period in Western European history ... European History for Dummies. (Suite101.com)
Europeans Don't Want United States of Europe Jun 20, 2008
European history also offers painful lessons regarding veto powers. Starting in the 16th century, the so-called liberum veto gave each member of the Polish nobility the right to dissolve parliament and nullify legislation. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Columbia Records to Release 'David Gilmour Live In Gdansk' -- Double Live Album and Concert DVD Jun 19, 2008
"This was my first concert in Poland and I was delighted that it marked one of the most important anniversaries in recent European history. The Gdansk shipyard is a deeply symbolic place and we were all honored to perform our music there. It was great to be accompanied by the Polish Baltic Philharmonic, and to have our friends Zbigniew Preisner and pianist Leszek Mozdzer also performing.". David Gilmour Live In Gdansk' is available in several formats, all of which include all the orchestral... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Her passions are more than music Jun 15, 2008
Tibbs' interests are too varied for that, a fact she'll prove on the basketball court, in a European history class held in Austria and taught in German or maybe onboard a sailboat skipping across the waters toward yet another championship. Tibbs just likes life, taking a little of this here and a bit of that there to create a life that's colorful, entertaining - and moving at a maddening pace. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
Lexington: Such sweet sorrow Jun 14, 2008
True, things have sometimes been even worse: back in 2003 he was greeted by some of the biggest protests in European history. But this time he was being greeted by sullen indifference. (The Economist)
Review of 'Czars' Jun 14, 2008
While a student of Eastern European history might be doubtful at first (after all, the transliteration of the is outdated and incorrect, and some grammar mistakes may be detected in the writing), the treatment of the topic is broad without being too diluted; it is a useful overview for an efficient study of Russian rulers since the time of Rurik. The Vikings and Rus. (Suite101.com)
Praising Ireland Jun 13, 2008
The pope has timed a speech about the role of Ireland in European history to coincide with the eve of the Lisbon Referendum. Pope Benedict has used his weekly audience to praise the central role of Irish missionaries in European history, a day before voters go to the polls to decide the future of the Lisbon Treaty. (BBC News -- Europe)
The General Will Jun 12, 2008
The Key to Forming a Nation. This article discusses the concept of Rousseau's "General Will" as interpreted by Abbe Sieyes, Johann Fichte, and Giuseppe Mazzini in context to their own nations. (Suite101.com)
Meet The Globe Salonistas Jun 12, 2008
Born in Toronto, he graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1979 with a degree in modern European history, then worked as a reporter for The Province, Vancouver's morning newspaper. He spent four years in Asia in the early 1980s, the first three in Hong Kong as an editor, writer and correspondent for Asiaweek magazine, the last as a reporter for United Press International in Manila and Sydney. (Globe and Mail -- National)
34th annual SBA award winners announced Jun 12, 2008
AP European History Award winner was Anna Perino. Students from each class are chosen to receive annual English awards. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Four vie to be Superior Court judge Division 4; four go unopposed Jun 8, 2008
He has a bachelor of arts degree in European history from Fresno State College, now California State University at Fresno. He earned a master s degree in cultural anthropology from the University of Washington in 1973 and a law degree from University of Colorado in 1979. (Douglas Daily Dispatch, AZ)
The saddest story Jun 7, 2008
Ford Madox Ford's personal life was deeply complicated, made worse by his own indecision and economy with the truth. No wonder unreliability, shifting identities and the turmoils of love and sex are the hallmarks of his greatest novel. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
CCS students learn Holocaust lessons Jun 7, 2008
Sixth graders at Children's Community School in Davidson wrapped up their year-long study of European history recently when they presented to parents and invited guests the Holocaust Memorial Museum they created. Kevin Green, the charter school's assistant director, said museum visitors were particularly struck by special guests Howard Adler and Manfred Katz, two Holocaust survivors who spoke to the students and their families about what life was like as young boys trying to survey one of the... (Huntersville Herald, NC)
An outgoing interview with Norwell High's class officers Jun 6, 2008
My favorite class is: History it interested me and was always fun to learn, especially European History. I ll never forget: The Thanksgiving Day football game. (Norwell Mariner, MA)
Commentary: Why does the Dalai Lama feel helpless? Jun 5, 2008
In some European nations, feudal regimes, in collusion with autocratic theocracies, exploited people of all classes, suppressed their thoughts and spirits, and thwarted the development of science, which put the European history at an standstill. It was a "dark age" when human nature was suppressed and civilization trampled on. (Xinhuanet, China)
Protestant Refomation Leaders Jun 2, 2008
Four Men who Shaped Religion in Western Europe. During the 1600s religion underwent a huge change in Western Europe. (Suite101.com)
State library goes digital Jun 2, 2008
"The State Library has the biggest archive of European history in Australia ; and it's important that it's available to everyone," he said. With the $10 million contribution, the library will be able to digitise about a third of its catalogue. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The day of judgment May 31, 2008
It is interesting to speculate how different medieval European history, and indeed the history of religion in Europe and the United States, would have been if the Book of Revelation had also failed, as it nearly did, to be retained in the Bible we now know. The scholarly consensus dates Revelation to AD95 or 96. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
The Reformation and Secularization May 30, 2008
Reformation Eroded Absolute Political Power of the Catholic Church. Before Reformation, Monarchy in a Christian country was subject to the Pope's control. (Suite101.com)
'Another world' on the New Zealand coast May 30, 2008
Another world at the edge of the world" is how Peter Cooper likes to refer to his isolated beachhead on the remote northern coast of New Zealand. The well-known developer, whose family splits its time between homes in Newport Beach, California, and the Takapuna suburb of Auckland, is building a 16,000-square-foot, or 1,500-square-meter, home on 1.6 hectares, or four acres. It will be one of the 44 residences that eventually will comprise Cooper's Mountain Landing development. "When I first saw... (International Herald Tribune)
How to Survive A Disaster May 30, 2008
That's what happened to some people on Sept. 28, 1994, when the M.V. Estonia went down in the Baltic Sea, the worst sea disaster in modern European history. The huge automobile ferry had left its home port in Tallinn, Estonia, on a routine 15-hour trip to Stockholm. (Time.com)
‘Sharp as a tack’ May 28, 2008
The one test he didn t get a top score on AP European history he received a grade of 4, and used that failure as motivation to do better on the next year s AP American history test. When Chen lists his failures as not getting into Harvard or M.I.T., you realize that he s still doing OK with his life. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Vodafone chief quits on high note May 28, 2008
9 billion, the largest loss in European history. "Just two years ago Vodafone was in the thick of it," said Richard Hunter, the head of equities at Hargreaves Lansdown. (Business Report, South Africa)
Elite U.S. students told to try harder — on lunch May 25, 2008
Others take notes in class between bites of turkey and bologna sandwiches, chips, crackers and baby carrots; 15 of the 19 students in Melissa Carnahan's 10:45 a.m. A.P. European History class were eating the other day while reviewing for a test. Madeline Levine, a psychologist and author of "The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids," co-founded a project at Stanford University this spring, "Challenge Success,"... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Freed from Power, Havel Mocks It May 25, 2008
Czech audiences are being offered a rare perspective on a pivotal period in eastern European history. So far, they appear to like what they see. (Time.com)
From Italy with amore May 21, 2008
"I had an internship but found I hated lawyering and decided to change career paths. I had always loved food and cooking." "I had a B.A. in European history from the University of Colorado," Scialabba said, "I went to Rome just for the experience and wound up working in a antique furniture restoration shop there. They found each other in Italy some nine years ago, began dating and the sparks started flying in Rome, they both agreed with a laugh. "It is every bit as romantic as they say,"... (Shoreline Times, CT)
5 Questions with Ted Culbertson May 20, 2008
It was the largest snowmobile event in European history, according to. The freestyle competition consists of two 12-foot ramps placed 75-feet apart. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Manchester United puts its European tradition on line against Chelsea in Champions League May 20, 2008
United's half-century of European history goes up against the spending power of Chelsea and its Russian owner Roman Abramovich in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on Wednesday in the first final between two English clubs. Although English teams won the title then called the European Cup six times in a row between 1977 and '82, this is the first time the trophy is guaranteed to wind up in England. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
School district faces tough numbers (43) May 20, 2008
A European history course and advanced placement chemistry class also are planned. Last year, CV spent about 11,000 to have students take courses such as this at CHS, Stroud said. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Storm Lake Library features polka program May 18, 2008
Norman Hogrefe, Storm Lake, will explain polka's European history, its Midwest origins and the type of instruments that are played. Then the audience will be invited to dance, accompanied by Hogrefe and Roger Christensen of Storm Lake. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Faculty members, lab scientists elected to two national research academies May 16, 2008
Michael Geyer, an internationally renowned scholar of contemporary European history and the Samuel N. Harper Professor in History and the College, is a specialist on Germany as well as transnational issues. A leading expert on transnationalism and modern German history, he has received both a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship and a Humboldt Research Award, which provided him time and support to work on his book, Catastrophic Nationalism: Defeat and Self-destruction in German... (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Abigail Adams would have been proud May 15, 2008
She met this challenge by taking four advanced placement courses that include psychology, European history, environmental science, and English literature while attending Weymouth High. Meredith said she experienced the death of four relatives and two close family friends during the past five years. (Weymouth News, MA)
Smith Hails 'Exceptional' Zenit May 14, 2008
Rangers and Zenit will go head-to-head at the City of Manchester Stadium in one of the most unlikely final match-ups in recent European history. The Gers held Fiorentina goalless during the semi-finals to progress on penalties, while Zenit amazingly downed German giants Bayern Munich 5-1 on aggregate. (Goal.com)
Ulrich Zwingli May 12, 2008
European History for Dummies. West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2006. (Suite101.com)
Choose a Biography Subject May 11, 2008
The life of a long dead English king will take a lot more research into history and historical European history than the biography of as current thirty year old pop star whose biography may be less physically and mentally taxing. For Richer or Poorer. (Suite101.com)
Shipwreck treasure May 11, 2008
It adds: "The sinking of the Mercedes was a pivotal event in Spanish and European history, and the site and its contents are the inalienable historical heritage and patrimony of Spain.". Goold said the fact that the treasure was found in international waters was "irrelevant" because the ship is clearly a Spanish galleon. (Yahoo News)
Spain claims shipwreck treasure May 9, 2008
"The sinking of Mercedes was a pivotal event in Spanish and European history, and the site and its contents are the inalienable historical heritage and patrimony of Spain," the government said in documents filed with a Florida court on Thursday. Collaborative solution. (BBC News -- Europe)
Italian Rightist Sparks Outrage May 7, 2008
Comparing two such crimes on a television talk show would be fraught with trouble for anyone, but perhaps for no one as much as Fini, 56, whose rise from leader of a small post-fascist party to public respectability has been one of the most stunning political transformations in postwar European history. To fulfill his big ambitions, Fini understood in the early 1990s that he had to distance himself from his past. (Time.com)
Chasing the truth in Chile May 4, 2008
She majored in modern European history at Middlebury College in Vermont, and in 1964 traveled to Latin America for the first time, visiting acquaintances in Peru. "It seemed to me that everything I had been reading about the revolutionary changes of the 19th century was happening in Latin America," Farnsworth says, citing midcentury demands for sweeping reform among Europe's working class. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Fighting talk May 3, 2008
In that lies the real key to The Birthday Party's survival capacity: it is set in a seaside boarding-house and opens the door to European history. Pinter is notoriously reluctant to analyse his own work. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Challenge over EU referendum given go-ahead by High Court May 3, 2008
Speaking at the Law Society in Central London, Mr Wheeler, who has made more than 30million from the spread-betting firm IG Index, said: If we do have a case, not only do we protect this country's ability to govern itself but we could change the course of European history. The terms of the Lisbon treaty are such that it does not go through unless all 27 member states of the EU ratify it. (Times Online)
Archaeological vacations you'll really dig May 2, 2008
Spending time here means enjoying contemporary Mediterranean Spain as well as getting a unique glimpse into European history. The human remains found in and near the cave are thought to be among the oldest in Europe, and the fossils of 50 other vertebrate species found in the cave date to 1. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Ancient Buddhist Paintings From Bamiyan Were Made Of Oil, Hundreds Of Years Before Technique Was 'Invented' In Europe Apr 23, 2008
In many European history and art books, oil painting is said to have started in the 15th century in Europe. But scientists from the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties in Tokyo (Japan), the Centre of Research and Restoration of the French Museums-CNRS (France), the Getty Conservation Institute (United States) and the ESRF have recently identified drying oils in some of the samples they studied from the Bamiyan caves. (Science Daily)
'Emotional Arithmetic': Dreary by the numbers Apr 19, 2008
As for the movie's own recipe, it consists of pungent slices of tragic European history, reflected in the troubled faces of the characters who drift around the professor's farmhouse, marinated and then simmered in a sauce of sombre piano chords and yearning violins. Eat it if you have the taste for it. (Toronto Star)
Baseball: Who is hexing whom as jersey is exhumed? Apr 18, 2008
But, according to Paul Monod, a professor of early modern European history at Middlebury College who has written extensively on the occult, the Yankees might have been better off leaving the jersey where it was. Apparently, neither party had studied their popular magic lately. (International Herald Tribune)
Connecting Hitler and Darwin Apr 18, 2008
Oh that mine head were waters and mine eyes a fountain of tears," runs the lamentation in Jeremiah 9.1, that I might weep day and night for the slain daughters of my people. And yet if anti-Semitism has been the white noise of European history, to assign it causal powers over the Holocaust is simply to ignore very specific ideas that emerged in the 19th century, and that at once seized the imagination of scientists throughout the world. What is often called social Darwinism was a malignant force... (Human Events Online)
Why Casimir III Was 'Great' Apr 15, 2008
The Slavs in European History and Civilization. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1962. (Suite101.com)
Giuseppe Attardi, 84, Geneticist Apr 11, 2008
Biochemist Gottfried Schatz of the University of Basel's Biozentrum in Switzerland added that Attardi "embodied a vanishing breed of scientists whom I would define as 'gentlemen intellectuals.' He had a superb grasp of European history and world culture, had mastered French and German at a very high level of proficiency and even in his most spirited discussions refrained from personal invective or overt aggression.". In addition to his wife, a senior research fellow emeritus at Caltech, Attardi... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
MAN UNCOVERS MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP Apr 11, 2008
He has a bachelor's degree in European history and cultural anthropology. Of equal importance are the people he encounters along the way, he said. (The Union Democrat)
